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Design for a cover of Ivan Krylov's 'Fables'
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Georgii Narbut (1886-1920)
Design for a cover of Ivan Krylov's 'Fables'
signed with Cyrillic initials 'G.N' (lower centre); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff 'A figuré à l'exposition "Art Russe"/à Bruxelles en 1928/catalogue no. 1017' (on the reverse of the backboard)
pencil, ink and collage on paper
11 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (28.5 x 24 cm.)
Design for a cover of Ivan Krylov's 'Fables'
signed with Cyrillic initials 'G.N' (lower centre); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff 'A figuré à l'exposition "Art Russe"/à Bruxelles en 1928/catalogue no. 1017' (on the reverse of the backboard)
pencil, ink and collage on paper
11 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (28.5 x 24 cm.)
Provenance
Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Katalog russkago otdela [Catalogue of the Russian section], St Petersburg, 1914, listed p. 189.
Exhibition catalogue, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, Brussels, 1928, listed p. 87, no. 1017.
Exhibition catalogue, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, Brussels, 1928, listed p. 87, no. 1017.
Exhibited
Leipzig, Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik, May-October 1914, numbered between 57 and 60 (labels on the backboard).
Brussels, Le Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, May-June 1928, no. 1017.
Brussels, Le Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, May-June 1928, no. 1017.
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